Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Initially educated at the Latinskole1 in Slagelse, where he graduated as a student2 in 1806. He went on to study at Copenhagen, at the same time beginning to write poetry and prose. His work attained wide popularity with the public, almost from the start.

2Student is another venerable Danish term, but one that is still in use (I'm a student myself, having graduated Rysensteen Gymnasium in 1983). Essentially, a student is a graduate of a gymnasium (a lyceum/high school, weighted towards the "academic" style of teaching, rather than the "practical" style). In Denmark, it is required that one be a student or the equivalent, if one wants to pursue a higher education.